Citation Analysis in Research Evaluation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Executive Summary

   Pages 1-7

3. General Introduction and Main Conclusions

   1. General Introduction

      Pages 11-23

   2. Basic Notions and General Conclusions

      Pages 25-34

   3. Synopsis

      Pages 35-68

4. Empirical and Theoretical Chapters

   1. Citation Analysis of Basic Science Research Departments

      Pages 71-89

   2. Citation Analysis of Scientific Journals

      Pages 91-105

   3. Basic Principles, Citation Links and Terminology

      Pages 109-117

   4. ISI Coverage by Discipline

      Pages 119-136

   5. Implications for the Use of the ISI Citation Indexes in Research Evaluation

      Pages 137-143

   6. Differences Between Science, Social Sciences and Humanities

      Pages 147-152

   7. Expanded Citation Analysis: A Case Study in Economics

      Pages 153-157

   8. A Case Study of Research Performance in Law

      Pages 159-166

   9. Introductory Notes on Accuracy Issues

      Pages 169-172

   10. Accuracy of Citation Counts

       Pages 173-179

   11. Problems with the Names of Authors and Institutions, and with the Delimitation of Subfields

       Pages 181-189

   12. What do References and Citations Measure?

       Pages 193-208

   13. Towards a Theory of Citation: Some Building Blocks

       Pages 209-219

   14. Implications for the Use of Citation Analysis in Research Evaluation

       Pages 221-225

   15. Peer Review and the Use and Validity of Citation Analysis

       Pages 229-237

This book is written for members of the scholarly research community, and for persons involved in research evaluation and research policy. More specifically, it is directed towards the following four main groups of readers: – All scientists and scholars who have been or will be subjected to a quantitative assessment of research performance using citation analysis. – Research policy makers and managers who wish to become conversant with the basic features of citation analysis, and about its potentialities and limitations. – Members of peer review committees and other evaluators, who consider the use of citation analysis as a tool in their assessments. – Practitioners and students in the field of quantitative science and technology studies, informetrics, and library and information science. Citation analysis involves the construction and application of a series of indicators of the ‘impact’, ‘influence’ or ‘quality’ of scholarly work, derived from citation data, i.e. data on references cited in footnotes or bibliographies of scholarly research publications. Such indicators are applied both in the study of scholarly communication and in the assessment of research performance. The term ‘scholarly’ comprises all domains of science and scholarship, including not only those fields that are normally denoted as science – the natural and life sciences, mathematical and technical sciences – but also social sciences and humanities.

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From the reviews:

"Citation Analysis in Research Evaluation is a valuable book for those interested in research evaluation. Its take-home message is that citation analysis is an interesting additional tool for evaluating research … ." (Toon Taris, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 15 (3), 2006)

"The book is intended for decision-makers in research, for the scientists who are affected by evaluations and the decisions based on them, and for information specialists who generate impact data and/or carry out research in this field. … this book deals with its subject very competently and clearly. The author has succeeded in bridging the gap between the complex methodological background and the prerequisites for the evaluation of research … . The book is unique in its topicality, comprehensiveness, and depth." (Werner Marx, Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 45 (18), 2006)

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